Legal Opinion

Eureka Land Co. v. Watts

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 11, 1916PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Roanoke. Decree for the complainant. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.

*507The object of this suit is to have the court define and decree the location of a private right of way, and to protect the use and enjoyment thereof by injunction. The circuit court awarded the relief prayed for in the bill, and thereupon this appeal was applied for and allowed.

The evidence was, upon some points, conflicting, but the weight of it, as we think, warrants the following finding of controlling facts: On the 8th of March, 1889, J. Allen Watts, being the ower‘ of a very large and valuable tract of land, located northwest of the city of Roanoke, sold and conveyed a small part thereof,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dudgeon v. BronsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Oliver v. ErnulSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Hamlin v. PandapasSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
  3. Faulkner v. HookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
  4. Shirley v. Van EverySupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  5. Corbett v. RubenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982

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